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Shoreditch 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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Clifton Street (portions of)
Crondall Street (portions of)
Curtain Road (portions of)
Grange Street
Ivy Lane
Kingsland Road (portions of)
Laburnam Street
Napier Street
Pitfield Street (portions of)
Rushton Street
Shoreditch, High Street (portions of)
Upper John Street
Wenlock Street
Three masons on average and their labourers were employed in
repairing the footways and over trenches opened by the Gas and
Water Companies and Post Office Telegraphs; their wages for the
year amounted to £407 17s. 5½d. The Companies contributed
£88 3s. 6½d. for labour, and £139 3s. 9½d. for material required in
the said repairs. The sum of 3s. was also paid for Watchman's
wages. Other contributions to paving amounted to the sum of
£35 11s. 8d., part of which was due and paid to the Contractor.
The Contractor supplied 600 superficial feet of Victoria patent
stone for use in repairing the footways, at a cost of £17 10s., and
10,013 superficial feet of new 2, 2½, and 3-inch tooled York paving,
at a cost of £292 1s. 5d. for the same purpose.
One man was employed during a portion of the year in the
Vestry's yard, dressing and squaring old stone for re-use, and at
other jobbing work; his wages for the time so occupied amounted
to £43 18s. 9d.
The following quantity of old stone in addition was redressed
by piece-work in the yard at the cost stated—
493½ yards super granites £41 2 8
128 feet super Moor stone 2 8 0
433 feet run Curb 8 2 4½